Research Article

Detection of Circulating Tumour Cells in Urothelial Cancers and Clinical Correlations: Comparison of Two Methods

Table 2

CTC positivity (number of cases and percentage) by AdnaTest stratified according to clinical settings and time of analysis.

Clinical settingCTC+ (%) at baseline
(T0)
CTC+ (%) after the 1st cycle of therapy
(T1)
CTC+ (%) after the 2nd cycle of therapy
(T2)

M04/16 (25.0%)9/15 (60.0%)10/16 (62.5%)
M+27/47 (57.4%)32/37 (86.5%)16/25 (64.0%)
18/33 (54.6%)21/26 (80.8%)16/25 (64.0%)
9/14 (64.3%)11/11 (100%)
Total31/63 (49.2%)41/52 (78.8%)26/41 (63.4%)